CNN Headline News is playing in the Chicago airport as I await my return flight. As I type this from my phone they are reporting a rumor that Google, Facebook, twitter and numerous other Internet companies are planning to go offline for a day. The
Today I spent an hour at the County Courthouse at Probate Court dealing with an audit. Apparently a few necessary documents had not been filed and needed to be filed before the estate could be administered. The problem with the audit was, these documents had
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been the subject of much tension across the inter-webs. The Act, which hopes to prevent copyright infringement on the web, has been protested by everyone from Google’s CEO to the founders of Twitter.Thursday the markup on SOPA before the House
Below is a great article about the rise of Virtual Law offices. With Skype, email, smart phones and cloud computing, more and more attorneys are working from home. The technology allows one attorney, as the article mentions, to live in Canada, but serve clients daily in
I. INTRODUCTION With the passage of Missouri’s Uninsured Motorist Statute[1] the legislature established a bright line of mandatory coverage for uninsured motorists to protect insured drivers from those who failed to obtain automobile insurance. [2] Until 2009, however, insured motorists could only be compensated for
I. Introduction Arbitration agreements have become common place in employment and commercial contracts. Since the 1920’s arbitration has gained popularity as a means of settling commercial or employment disputes. Until AT&T v. Concepcion, however, the issue of class action arbitration had not
Every year I participate in a Law School fantasy football league. There’s a traveling trophy, trash talk, and a big party at the end of the year to cap it all off. There’s also a nice little pay out for the champion. While fantasy football
Attorneys have taken to the cloud, storing client data and other information online, including confidential client information. Unlike traditional data storage methods, such as a computer or server at the law office, data stored in the clouds is kept on large servers located “off site”